Governors’ Annual Conference Saturday 15 March 2014.

Governors’ Annual Conference Saturday 15 March 2014

2009 Children’s services were subject to statutory intervention under Section 479 of the Education Act 1996 for educational underperformance. An independently chaired Performance Improvement Board was established to oversee progress and an action plan drawn up.

2010 Ofsted recognised the improvement made, judging children’s services to be ‘performing well’. As a result of the progress made and the capacity to improve further, Government intervention was removed in November 2010.

2011 Ofsted confirmed that services were continuing to ‘perform well’.

2012 We successfully worked through a major organisational transformation programme, modernising the way we interact with schools and work with them to create a sustainable and effective model of school to school improvement.

2013 Ofsted visit MK in February as part of a Good Practice Survey of School Improvement Services. August 2013 - outcomes improve at most key stages and for the first time GCSE performance exceeds the national average.

Our journey 2009-2013

Pupil and teacher numbers

Pupil Numbers 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*

Nursery Schools 103 147 136 153 136 127

Primary Schools 21,511 21,902 22,457 23,181 23,808 24,777

Special Schools 618 616 599 613 654 703

Secondary Schools 16,220 16,737 17,020 17,202 17,486 17,614

Alternative Provision 189 202 223 177 174 174

Total 38,641 39,604 40,435 41,326 42,258 43,395* provisional

School Workforce *2009 2010 2011 2012 **2013 2014

No. of Teachers n/a 2740 2792 2833 n/a n/a

Total Headcount n/a 7378 7319 7401 n/a n/a

Data Source: •School and AP Census 2009 – 2014•School Workforce Census 2010 – 2012

Notes: * School Workforce Census not collected in 2009 ** School Workforce for academies for 2013 not yet released by DfE2014 SWC – November 2014

Education spend

Gross Dedicated Schools Grant £’000s

2009/10: 156,354

2010/11: 165,628

2011/12: 196,405 *

2012/13: 200,525

2013/14: 208,182

Total: 927,094

* Standards Funds added to DSG

Key Stage 2 results

Closing the Gap – difference between disadvantaged pupils and the rest for Key Stage 2 tests

2012 2013

MK 17 15

England 19 18

•For 2013 MK is placed 1st in the rankings against statistical neighbours and all SE local authorities

GCSE results

5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C, including English and Maths

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

MK 48.0 51.5 52.1 58.5 61.3

ENGLAND AVERAGE

49.8 53.5 59.0 59.4 59.2

5+GCSEs A*-C, incl. English and maths – 5 year trend

Performance above national average for the first time ever

Not in Education, Employment or Training

5.9% 5.8% 5.8% 5.8%

5.1%4.7%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

England Milton KeynesAdjusted NEET Performance,

MK v all-England, 2008-9 to 2013-14

Context: Cohort size for persons of academic ages 16 to 18 over this period is approximately 11,500. 5.0% equates to 575 persons

MK Schools Ofsted judgements

Key challenges ahead

Sustaining success in a fast changing environment Improving the number of schools judged good or better by Ofsted Sustaining the improvement for pupils with SEN across the key stages Closing the gap for Pupil Premium and specific minority heritage groups Improving the progress of Children Looked After at all Key Stages

School Governors’ Annual Conference

Dr Brent Davies

Leading the strategically focused school

Governors ~ Rethinking our Strategic Role

Professor Brent Davies Cert.Ed., B.A., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

www.brentdavies.co.uk

So the urgent drives out the important; the future goes largely unexplored; and the capacity to act, rather than the capacity to think and imagine becomes the sole

measure for leadership.

We are all prisoners of our past.

It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them.

But that solves no problems and seldom changes anything.

Define:

1. Values

2. Set of Beliefs

3. Core Purposes

4. Rights and Responsibilities

Policy Approval

Policy Generation

Policy Evaluation

Policy Implementation

Policy Administration

Model A

Governors

Headteacher

Staff

Model B

Staff

GovernorsSenior

LeadershipTeam

Backward Looking Organisations

Opinion

Reasons

Explanations

Being Right

Looking Good

Forward Looking Organisations

ResultsAction

OpportunitiesPossibilities

Relationships

Governors ~ Leadership Tasks

Creating energyBuilding capacityMeeting & minimising crisisExtending the visionSecuring the environmentSeeking and charting improvementValuing Staff

Working together

Team and task groupsPolicy and business itemsStrategic and operational groupsDelegating and reporting backConcentrate on the big picturePolitics!

Strategic Role

Futures Thinking

Operational Target Setting

Futures Thinking

Strategy

Action Planning/Target Setting

THE SIGMOID CURVE

A

B

Handy, 1994 p51

What is Strategy?

1. Direction setting

2. Broader view

3. Medium-to long-term

4. Template

5. Perspective ~ strategic thinking

Strategic Processes

Analysis: BCG MATRIX

STAR PROBLEM CHILD

CASH COW DOG

Articulation processes

Oral

Written

Structural

Strategic Approaches

Strategic Planning

Emergent Strategy

Strategic Intent

Strategic Planning

Rational

Linear

Predictable

Definable

Who does what, when and how.

Map the stages and outcomes.

Emergent Strategy

Evaluate current practice.

What lessons have been learnt?

What could be implemented in the future?

Incorporating successful ideas into more formal strategic frameworks.

Strategic Intents

Know what you want to do – but not how

to do it yet! So build strategic understanding and capacity first.

For example: create a high expectation

and success culture.

Strategic Intents

Create a high expectation and

success culture.

INTENT CAPABILITY-BUILDING MEASURES

Create a high expectation and success culture

i. define successii. celebrate successiii. communicate targetsiv. no failure culture – personal bestv. find something for each child to

succeed atvi. staff training to ensure the school

reinforces the positivevii. establish time period for activities and

review date

Developing Strategic Intent

Articulate

Build

Create

Define

1 Strategic Intent

2 ImagesMetaphorsExperiences

3 DialogueCognitive MapShared Understanding

4 Strategic PerspectiveOutcomesFormal Plans

Governors Personal Skills

i. Look at yourself ii. Be clear about your own passion

iii. Working with People

iv. Courage: see it ~ do something about it

v. Create a common understanding

vi. Connect to the heart as well as the head

Vii. Be mindful of the political landscape

Political Creatures

AWARE

FOX OWL (Clever) (Wise)

CLOSED OPEN

DONKEY SHEEP(Inept) (Naïve)

UNAWARE

Political Animals

AWARE

Game Playing Clued Up

CLOSED OPEN

Head Down Start

UNAWARE

[Where do the new staff end up?]

viii. Create and sustain energy & momentum

ix. Meet & minimising crisis

x. Set appropriate expectations and be consistent

xi. Chart improvement and

celebrate success

Exercise

Rethink how you as a governing body want to

work together in the future.

Leading the Strategically Focused School. (2nd Edition)

by Brent Davies

ISBN 978-1-84920-809-3

Sage Publications


Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.20


Dr Elizabeth Sidwell

Working effectively within your school to raise standards

Dr. Elizabeth Sidwell CBESchools Commissioner

2011 - 2013


Questions to the Panel

Panel Members:• Gail Tolley – Chair• Professor Brent Davies• Dr Elizabeth Sidwell

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Annual Governors’ Conference

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Governors’ Annual Conference Saturday 15 March 2014.

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